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Postage stamp overprint issue occasion: summary of the different postage stamp overprint occasion reasons

Increase in sales postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted to increase in sales

Exhaustion postage stamp overprint: postage stamp with seldom needed face value overprinted for exhaustion with often needed face value

Office abroad postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use in an office abroad

Occupation postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted after a military occupation

Validation extension postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted to extend the validation (e.g. Ottoman Empire 1915 - 1916)

Category change postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted to change the stamp category (e.g. definitive postage stamp -> official postage stamp)

Habilitado postage stamp overprint: withdrawn postage stamp of spanish speaking countries overprinted to declare these again for valid

Inflation postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted with a new face value because of inflation

Jubilee postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a jubilee (e.g. 100th anniversary of the kingdom of Wurttemberg)

Colony postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use in a colony

Rural post office postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted for selling on commission in rural post offices (spanish: Campaña = rural post office)

Specimen postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use as specimen to avoid postal use

Face value postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted with a new face value

Fartly face value postage stamp over-print: postage stamp partly overprinted with a new face value

Face value differentiation postage stamp overprint: same-colour postage stamps with different vace values partly overprinted to avoid mistakes

Olympic postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of olympic games

Phosphorescent postage stamp over-print: postage stamp with an invisible over-print that glows when irradiated with short-wave UV light thereby enabling the use of electronically controlled stamp machines

Postage fee reduction postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a postage fee reduction

Postal statistic postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a postal statistic

Propaganda postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of spread politics

Discount postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for sale under face value

Resello postage stamp overprint: with-drawn postage stamp of spanish speaking countries overprinted to declare these again for valid

Education postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for education of postal clerks

Security postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted to avoid forgeries

State visit postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for a state visit of an important personality

Form of government change postage stamp overprint: postage stamp over-printed after the change of the form of government (e g. kingdom -> people´s state)

Mourning postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted after the death of an important personality

Independence postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of an independence

Currency reform postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a currency reform

Currency changeover postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a currency changeover

Christmas postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of christmas

Company advertising postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted with official or private advertising (e.g. coffee from Costa Rica)

Charity postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for charitable donation